Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

What the teacher is, is more important than what they teach.

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.

Good teaching is more a giving of the right questions than a giving of the right answers.

Great teachers empathize with children, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.

Teachers have three loves love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.

It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual.

A great teacher is someone who can learn from their students, who can learn with them, and for them.

Teachers don’t just teach they prepare us for the road ahead.

The best part of teaching is that it matters. The hardest part of teaching is that every moment matters, every day.

A teacher nurtures the soul of a child for a lifetime.

Being able to help someone learn something is a talent.

The best educators do more than impart facts and figures they inspire and encourage students to make their lives a masterpiece.

A teacher’s influence on a student goes beyond the classroom, often lasting a lifetime.

A great teacher sees the potential in every student and works to draw it out.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Teachers are not just teachers they are the managers of the world’s greatest resource children.

In every successful child is a teacher who believed in them first.

The true teacher defends their pupils against their own personal influence.

To the world, you may just be a teacher, but to your students, you are a hero.

Every kid is one caring teacher away from being a success story.

The magic of teaching is not in the memorizing but in the awakening.

Patience, compassion, and energy are the trifecta of good teaching.

Teaching may be the one profession that creates all other professions.

Teachers believe in the best for students long before they see it, and long after they’ve forgotten they’ve seen it.

The patience of a teacher can be measured in the achievements of their students.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.

A teacher’s words are the sparks that light up wicks of imagination in their students’ minds.

The heart of teaching comes from the love for learning.

A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom.

Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.

The best teachers are those who pass on their zeal and enthusiasm as a part of their curriculum.

Great teaching is about so much more than education it is a daily fight for social justice.

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.

The future of the world is in my classroom today.

To teach is to learn twice.

Teachers are the architects of future generations.

A teacher never loses either they win, or they learn.

Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.

A good teacher is like a candle it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Teaching requires the patience of a saint, the dedication of a soldier, and the heart of a parent.

A good teacher must know the rules a great teacher knows when to break them.

Teach to inspire, not just to inform.

Every child’s potential is a teacher’s quest.

Good teaching is more art than science.

Education shapes the future one student at a time.

Patience and empathy make great educators.

Teaching is the one profession that creates all others.

A teacher’s impact echoes into eternity.

Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that grow forever.

True teachers are lifelong learners.

A great teacher sees the ability in every child.

The art of teaching is the mastery of simplicity.

Teachers are the architects of tomorrow.

Wisdom begins with wonder, guided by teachers.

Teachers turn mirrors into windows.

To teach is to touch a life forever.

A teacher’s influence goes beyond the classroom.

The heart of teaching is a heart that cares.

Teachers build the bridge from dreams to reality.

Knowledge blooms where teachers sow seeds.

Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them.

Teaching is a mission, not just a job.

The craft of teaching never stales.

Teachers unfold the world, one lesson at a time.

Learning is a journey teachers are guides.

A teacher’s words are the sparks of learning.

Every teacher nourishes a new generation.

Teaching is the passport to the future.

Education is not filling a pail but lighting a fire.

Teacher a brain engineer of the highest order.

Each day’s teaching is a page in history.

Teachers sculptors of the mind and heart.

The best teachers are students at heart.

Teaching ignites the flames of curiosity.

Challenge and support the essence of teaching.

Engaging minds is the soul of teaching.

A patient teacher kindles mind fires.

Good teaching must be slow enough.

Every lesson shapes a life in education.

Lessons taught with love never fade.

A teacher’s strength is patience and care.

Sharing knowledge is teaching’s true reward.

Teachers give the map to their students’ futures.

Teaching is a journey of discovery.

Every student reflects a teacher’s dedication.

A teacher’s job is to take a lot of live wires.

Quality teaching is the art of sharing.

Each teaching day unwraps a new surprise.

A good teacher must be adjustable.

Teachers craft the thinkers of tomorrow.

Teaching is the perpetual end and office.

To educate is to enlighten the mind.

Teaching is heart to heart, not just mind.

Without teachers, the story stops.

A great teacher dares you to grow.

Great teaching is the essence of change.

Teaching the profession that inspires all others.

For every challenge, teachers have a plan.

Teachers turn obstacles into opportunities.

The great teacher is a great artist.

Patient teaching is like planting a garden.

Teachers fuel the journey of innovation.

Dedicated teachers are life’s true influencers.

Teaching is leaving a legacy of wisdom.

A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind.

A masterful teacher is a masterful storyteller.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

I touch the future. I teach.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.

We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you’ve got something to share.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

A good teacher is a determined person.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.